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Vaginal cytological characteristics as a biomeasure of estrogenization in a community-based population of older women.

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  1. Vaginal cytological characteristics as a biomeasure of estrogenization in a community-based population of older women Natalia Gavrilova, PhD1,2 Annie Dude, MD, PhD1; Joscelyn N. Hoffmann, AB3; Martha K. McClintock, Ph.D.2,3,4 L. Philip Schumm, MA5; Stacy Tessler Lindau, MD, MAPP1,2, 4, 6 1 Pritzker School of Medicine, Department of Ob/Gyn, 2 Chicago Core on Biomeasures in Population-Based Research at the NORC-University of Chicago Center on Demography and Economics of Aging; 3 Institute for Mind and Biology, Departments of Psychology and Comparative Human Development 4; Comprehensive Cancer Center, 5 Department of Health Studies. and Department of Medicine (Gerontology), The University of Chicago

  2. Disclosures Funding for this analysis: • NIH 5R01AG021487 (Waite, PI) • 1K23AG032870 (Lindau, PI) • 5P30 AG 012857 (Waite, PI) The authors report no conflicts of interest Vaginal cytological characteristics |

  3. Background Vaginal mucosa is a target tissue for a broad spectrum of estrogens. Vaginal atrophy • Indicates an estrogen deficit. • May interfere with sexual and urinary function. • Increases with age after menopause. Vaginal cytological characteristics |

  4. Vaginal Epithelium Layers superficial intermediate parabasal basal Estrogenized Atrophic Three Types (Or Stages) of Vaginal Epithelial Cells All scored to quantify estrogenization in the Vaginal Maturation Index The Vaginal Maturation Index quantifies the relative proportion of the vaginal parabasal (P), intermediate (I), and superficial (S) cells presented as % P / % I / % S. Sources: Mills, Histology for Pathologists. 3rd Edition; LWW, 2006. Wheater, Functional Histology. 2nd Edition; Bibbo, 1997

  5. LESS ESTROGENIZED INTERMEDIATE MORE ESTROGENIZED Quantifying Types of Desquamated Vaginal Epithelial Cells Multichrome Papanicolaou stained cytology specimens obtained using vaginal self-swabs in NSHAP Wave 1. McClintock lab: • scored number and proportion of three epithelial cell types • created a Maturation Index (MI). Vaginal cytological characteristics |

  6. Methods Vaginal cytological characteristics |

  7. National Social Life, Health and Aging Project (NSHAP) Wave 1 Nationally representative sample of people 57 to 85 years of age (Wave 1, 2005 – 06). Demographic, health, sexual, physical, and biological measures collected in the home. Vaginal swabs were self-collected and used for the following measures: • Maturation Value (MV) • Vaginal Candidiasis (yeast) • Bacterial Vaginosis (BV) • High Risk Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) • The Institutional Review Boards of the University of Chicago and the National Opinion Research Center approved the protocol; all participants provided written documentation of informed consent. Vaginal cytological characteristics |

  8. Vaginal Swab Sample Collection Illustrated by Rachel Seelen

  9. July 1, 2005 McClintock Lab Institute for Mind and Biology Chicago, IL July 20, 2005 Cells from swab to slide, MI Jordan Lab, Magee Women’s Hospital Pittsburgh, PA July 6, 2005 BV, Yeast, HPV Cytopathology Lab University of Chicago Hospitals Chicago, IL January 2006 Papanicolaou Stain

  10. Flow chart of vaginal swabs collection Vaginal swab collection Vaginal cytological characteristics |

  11. Successful Vaginal Swab Collection 66% of women agreed to provide a self-administered vaginal swab specimen (N = 1,028 of 1,550) 85% were adequate for MI scores (N = 869 of 1,028) Non-responders to the vaginal swab protocol were : • older • <HS graduate • less likely to report a recent pelvic examination, menopausal prescription hormone use Lindau et al., 2008 Vaginal cytological characteristics |

  12. The Maturation Value is a clinical measure of vaginal estrogenization derived from the Maturation Index Maturation Value = 1.0 x % superficial cells + 0.5 x % intermediate cells + 0.0 x % parabasal cells Potential range: 0 – 100 Vaginal cytological characteristics |

  13. Maturation Value of the Vaginal Epithelium suggested by Meisels in ActaCytologica, 1965, who called it an “estrogenic value” a bioassay of functionally active estrogens counteracted by progesterone provides an integrated measure of hormonal bioactivity over many days based only on intermediate and superficial epithelial cells Vaginal cytological characteristics |

  14. Hypotheses Vaginal epithelial estrogenization among post-menopausal women will be: Inversely associated with age and years since menopause Rationale: Results from historical clinical study (Meisels, 1966) Positively associated with obesity Rationale: Abdominal fat tissue can produce estrone Higher in African American women compared to other racial and ethnic groups. Rationale: Existing publications (McTernan, Wu, 2008; Setiawan, et al., 2006) and our own results from the NSHAP study suggest that African-American women have higher levels of free estradiol Positively associated with sexual function Vaginal cytological characteristics |

  15. Clinical Benchmark Study of Canadian Gynecology Patients Reference: Meisels A. Menopause - A cytohormonal study. ActaCytol. 1966;10(1):49-55 Vaginal cytological characteristics |

  16. Results Vaginal cytological characteristics |

  17. Distribution of Maturation Value in NSHAP Wave 1 Vaginal cytological characteristics |

  18. Maturation Value: (A) Age and (B) Hormone Therapy Use Use Vaginal cytological characteristics |

  19. Testing hypotheses using the maturationvalue #1: Linear regression model to determine correlates (X) of the maturation value (Y). Y = b0 + b1X1 +...+ bkXk Maturation value = b0 + b1hormone therapy +…+ bkXk Other covariates tested Demographic characteristics: Age, Race, Ethnicity, Education Health characteristics: Oophorectomy, Obesity, Hormone therapy past 12 mo, Sexual activity Vaginal cytological characteristics |

  20. Multiple linear regression model of the maturation value (MV), NSHAP Wave 1 Effects of other covariates in the model (Bilateral oophorectomy, Sexual activity past 12 months and Hispanic ethnicity) turned out to be non-significant. Vaginal cytological characteristics |

  21. #2: Logistic regression using the standardized maturation value as an independent variable (X) to predict symptoms/conditions (Y). Prob.(symptom) = Symptoms/Conditions examined: Sexual Activity Bacterial vaginosis, Pain during sex Yeast infection Vaginal dryness during sex High-risk HPV Urinary incontinence Other urinary problems,

  22. Logistic regression models of clinical and behavioral outcomes on standardized maturation value (MV), NSHAP Wave 1 Maturation value standardized by subtracting the sample mean and dividing by the sample standard deviation. Vaginal cytological characteristics |

  23. Conclusions Vaginal cytological characteristics |

  24. Hypotheses tested Vaginal epithelial estrogenization among post-menopausal women will be: Inversely associated with age and years since menopause? No Positively associated with abdominal obesity: Yes Higher in African American women compared to other racial and ethnic groups: Yes Positively associated with sexual function: Yes, mostly Vaginal cytological characteristics |

  25. Summary: Maturation value is an integrative biomeasure of estrogenization of women, useful for analyses of health and sexuality In contrast to 1960s benchmark clinical data, current population estimates of vaginal estrogenization are higher and do not exhibit a decline with age. Differences may be explained in part by studying different populations: • Women who come to a clinic • Representative sample of community-dwelling older women in the US. Vaginal cytological characteristics |

  26. Study limitations Selection bias: women who provided a vaginal specimen were, on average: • younger • more educated • more likely to have urinary problems • more likely to use HT Vaginal cytological characteristics |

  27. Acknowledgements NIH 5R01AG021487 (Waite, PI) 1K23AG032870-01A1 (Lindau, PI) 5P30 AG 012857 (Waite, PI) National Institute on AgingOffice of Women's Health ResearchOffice of AIDS ResearchOffice of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Equipment, supplies, services donated or provided at reduced cost for data collection by: OraSure, Sunbeam, A&D Medical/LifeSource, Wilmer Eye Institute at the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Schleicher & Schuell Bioscience, BioMerieux, Roche Diagnostics, Digene, and Richard Williams Vaginal cytological characteristics |

  28. Additional information can be found at the CCBAR website http://biomarkers.uchicago.edu/ Vaginal cytological characteristics |

  29. http://biomarkers.uchicago.edu/ Chicago Core on Biomarkers in Population-Based Aging ResearchCCBAR website

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